Category Archives: mining

The Eurasian Mining and Geology Forum “Digitalization of the Mining Industry for Joint Development and Prosperity in Eurasia” is taking place in Minsk, the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus reported. Taking part in the forum are about 300 participants from 17 countries of the CIS, Europe and…

300 million UAH, provided to the coal industry by the Cabinet of Ministers on October 24, were transferred to the accounts of the coalmining enterprises. The miners have already started receiving their salary. At the same time, this will only cover a part of the salary debts. For example, Lisichanskugol mines received 62 million UAH,…

The Cabinet of Ministers will transfer some 500 million UAH to clear salary debts to state miners. “The funds will also be used to cover losses of Ukrainian mines in state ownership”, the Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman declared. On July 13 the Verkhovna Rada decided to pay additionally 1.4 billion UAH of subsidies to state…

A technical study inspecting the safety norms of mines in Georgia has been launched, the results of which will be announced in December, says the Economy Minister Giorgi Kobulia. “Only after that it will be decided in which sections of mines work will be renewed. In the meantime, we will pay the miners, as we…

Yurga Machine-Building Works LLC and the Yubileynaya Mine LLC have signed an agreement on the delivery of 50 sections of mechanized anchoring. The first batch of 10 pieces the mine will receive in March 2019. The company has created a special type of anchoring for the mine. It does not look different from older models,…

Out of 1.4 billion UAH, that the members of the Parliament decided to provide to pay salary to state miners, the Cabinet of Ministers was only able to get 113 million. “We have absolutely no funds. Together with the Ministry of Finances we are looking for ways to get the money”, the minister of energy…

Next week Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman intends to host a meeting on the salary debts to state miners and other debts in the industry. According to him, the problem of the profitless operation of state coal industry is systematic, and the government has to provide 2.5 billion UAH of subsidies for coal miners in the…

The debt on salary payment to the employees of state coal enterprises amounts to 470 million UAH. “According to the government decree, 136 million UAH will be transferred to clear salary debts to state miners. All the approving procedures are underway”, the deputy minister of energy and coal industry Anatoliy Korzun said. He believes, soon…

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated UAH 136 million in budget funds to pay off salaries to coal miners, Chairman of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine, Mykhailo Volynets, wrote on his Facebook page. “We have received information from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine that Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has…

The State Committee for Energy, Industry and Subsoil Use changes the conditions for issue of licenses for the use of subsoil. From now on, the state will definitely participate in the projects. On October 3 the prime minister held a meeting on subsoil use and instructed within a week to develop new mechanisms for managing…

The salary debts to state miners amount to 348.1 million UAH. According to the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik, the debts arose from the difference in the sales price of coal and the prime cost of its extraction. On August 22 a new bill took effect envisaging the provision of 1.4 billion…

Miners plan to hold a strike demanding from the authorities, among other things, the dismissal and criminal prosecution of the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik. “The miners are prepared to march to Kiev in a week. They are making addresses to members of the parliament and the prime minister”, a parliament member…

Markland LLC has received 9 orders from state mine groups on the delivery of goods and provision of repair services valued at 75.16 million UAH. Mirnogradugol has placed an order valued at 50.86 million UAH, Selidovugol – 21.43 million UAH and the Mine named after Surgay – 2.88 million UAH. In particular, the largest order…

In summer Develens LLC received 9 orders from state mine groups to supply machinery valued at 106.51 million UAH. In particular, the state enterprise Yuzhnodonbasskoye Mine Group No. 1 has placed orders valued at 48.6 million UAH. Conveyer costs 33.95 million UAH, while narrow shearer costs 14.65 million UAH. The state enterprise Mirnogradugol placed orders…

The German DMT Group will study the labor conditions in mines located in Tkibuli, western Georgia, in the wake of a deadly blast earlier this year claiming the lives of four miners and leaving another six injured. The Mindeli coalmine has been closed since the blast took place on July 16. The DMT Group will…

At least 6.5 billion rubles are needed to resume operation of the flooded mines in Partizansk. And the work will last for some 3 years. Suchan-Ugol LLC announced its planes to revive coal industry in Partizanks in January. At present the company is a resident of the Free Port of Vladivostok. The company intends to…

Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman has ordered the Ministry of Finances and the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry headed by Igor Nasalik to find additional sources of financing the state coal industry. “We need more system changes to attract investments and increase local coal output”, he said at a government meeting on August 23. He…

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has transferred 100 million UAH envisaged for the Ministry of energy and coal industry for the program of labor safety at coalmines to the program of clearing salary debts to miners. According to the ministry, in January-June state mines extracted 2.161 million tons of coal, down by 6.7% from…

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law introducing amendments to Ukraine’s state budget for 2018 regarding the payment of wage arrears to miners, the press service of the head of state has said. “President Petro Poroshenko signed the law of Ukraine on the introduction of amendments to the law of Ukraine on Ukraine’s state…

The Miners Union of Ukraine has applied to the International Labor Organization, a part of UN, with the complaint on the breach of their rights due to the non-payment of salary. According to the Independent Miners Union chairman Mikhail Volynets, the salary debts to miners are growing. So far the debt amounts to 1 billion…

Last week as the result of the flooding at the mine one person perished in the pro-Russia militants-controlled town of Snezhnoye in Donetsk region. The accident happened on August 11. 2 miners were at the accident site. The body of one of them was recovered on August 12. The search for the second miner is…

Flooded mines and destroyed enterprises after the seized territories of Donbass are returned to Ukraine will not be restored. “32 mines are flooded or are being flooded. None will restore them. Never. Some enterprises have been dismantled and taken to Russia, some have been plundered for scrap. It is impossible to resume their operation”, deputy…

Seven individuals detained as a result of the tragedy in the Tkibuli Mindeli mine on April 5 have been officially charged, announces Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. “The investigation found that the detainees had violated the requirements of “technical regulations on safety of coalmines” that prohibited work in shafts where safety rules were violated. Despite…